Welcome to BigStoneGap.Biz - the "Web 2.0" website serving the the communities of Wise County and the Towns of Appalachia, Big Stone Gap, Coeburn, Pound, St. Paul and Wise, Virginia. Watch this site as we roll out new features. Register as a user and take advantage of the opportunity we offer to promote your business, share news and announcements of your group or organization, interact with fellow residents of Wise County, Virginia via the internet, and keep abreast of whats going on in Wise County, Virginia.

This site will be primarily devoted to promoting local content contributed by local businesses, organizations and residents. If you are interested in being a contributor, contact us. We welcome the opportunity to provide you the ability to promote your local business, share the success of your local sports teams, promote your local club or charity. Register as a user and take advantage of the free opportunities we offer to promote your business, share news and announcements of your group or organization, interact with fellow residents of Wise County via the internet, and keep abreast of whats going on in Wise County, Virginia.

The first step to use our features is to register as a user on our site. Then, as you explore www.BigStoneGap.Biz let us know what feature or news you want to share. Upon verification, we can give you privileges to input and post your news instantly.

Local businesses may become "Link Partners" and receive free promotion via banners ads, links and the ability to post news and announcements. Local Businesses may also list themselves for free in our local Business Directory and grow their business via the world wide web.

Local organizations, charities, and contributing writers may even profit by contributing content as qualifying contributors can earn financial rewards via Google Adsense from clicks by visitors to the news, announcement and content you supply.

BigStoneGap.Biz is what is known as a "Web 2.0" website - i.e. a feature that is composed of contributions by those who view and participate in the site. Anyone can participate. In order to post, you must be a registered user of the website. Posting is subject to our Terms of Use as linked from the bottom of our Home Page. By posting, you adopt and agree to our Terms of Use and News and policies applicable to various features as a binding legal agreement. These include (i) a representation by you that the post is accurate, does not contain any copyright content of any third party unless you have the right to post it, (ii) a prohibition against any posting that is slanderous, illegal, containing "hate" material," (material expressing racial, religious, sexual orientation or other bigotry) or known to you to be untrue, and (iii) a representation by you that if posting on behalf of an organization or other person, that you have the right to make such posting. Violators are subject to loss of posting and/or website access privileges. If you observe any posting which violates our Terms of Use, please notify us via our contact link (on the Home Page) and report the abuse and we will endeavor to promptly investigate and remove if appropriate.

We have launched our BigStoneGapFAQ - a feature designed to enable users to ask and answer questions, to share their knowledge of Big stone Gap, Virginia, and to create a knowledge base of frequently asked questions about Big Stone Gap, Virginia. Visitors and residents are welcome and encouraged to submit questions. If you know the answer to a posted questions, please feel free to share your knowledge abd submit an answer. If you beleive a posted answer is wrong, or could be improved, please post a comment.
The BigStoneGapFAQ feature may be accesses from either the menu bar atop each page, or from the user menu in the left column of our home page.